Abstract

This editorial explores synergies between the articles gathered in this issue, which take a range of approaches to developing ecological analyses of both the creation and reception of performances and theatre history more widely. The editorial concludes with a reflection on the current UK government’s deliberate dereliction of the higher education sector, and its consequnces for the arts and humanities in particular. It calls for a concerted effort to grasp the politics of this developing situation, arguing that this will require two things. First, we must understand the drastic reshaping of the sector and the reduction of arts and humanities provision as a deliberate objective of government. Secondly, we must seek to engage resistance to this project at the ecological level at which those of us who work in the sector are entangled in its delivery, and find ways of creating alternative possibilities.

摘要

这篇社论探讨了本期收集的文章之间的协同作用，这些文章采用了一系列方法来更广泛地对表演的创作和接受以及戏剧史进行生态分析。社论最后反思了现任英国政府故意忽视高等教育部门，尤其是对艺术和人文学科的影响。它要求齐心协力把握这一发展形势的政治，认为这需要两件事。首先，我们必须将行业的剧烈重塑以及艺术和人文学科供应的减少理解为政府的蓄意目标。其次，我们必须寻求在生态层面上抵制这个项目，我们这些在该部门工作的人在这个层面上纠缠于它的交付，